Missions Updates

Dear Friends,

This season has been an incredible time of growth and fruit bearing. We are overwhelmed with praise to the Lord for all that He is doing. It’s no exaggeration to say that none of this is possible without you. I can’t begin to thank you enough for all of your prayers and support given to SOS. 

This month, we want to give special attention to the way the Lord is using Shepherds Training College. I hope you enjoy our October update! Let me start with this year’s impact video:

SHEPHERDS TRAINING COLLEGE IN ACTION!

Shepherds Training College is all that we dreamed it to be. We wanted a seminary that was going to meet each student where he is at and bring him to the level of being an effective and faithful pastor. I believe we are achieving our goal. The leadership team is working extremely hard and is delivering at a very high level. The faculty and the staff are unified and have embraced both the vision and methodology of our mission. Furthermore, the students are rising to the occasion. The training center is rigorous and demanding, but the students are tenacious and zealous to be trained for their calling. STC is living up to its slogan: A serious training for a serious calling! 

Shepherds Training College (STC) is a residential, pastoral training institution offering accredited certificate, diploma, and degree programs. It is focused on equipping proven pastors for the weighty task of shepherding God’s Church. Here is a video explaining STC’s vision:

SPONSOR A PASTOR!

Many people have asked, “Why don’t you set up a pastors sponsorship program?” Well, for those that have interest, we are excited to announce that our pastors sponsorship program is now available. You can now radically and directly shape a pastor, his family, and ultimately his community.

At Shepherds Training College, we have sought to provide the ultimate pastoral training, but to an impoverished country and village pastors. The commitment for the pastors is massive because we demand that they come with their families and reside with us here in Kubamitwe. This is because we want to see that the whole family is trained up and is an exemplary witness of the joy of following God’s good way. But the investment upon STC is also massive with its responsibility to sustain and educate the valiant warrior's whole family and to ensure he returns home prepared and equipped for a lifetime of fruitful ministry. STC is providing the elite “seal team” of pastoral training. Those who sponsor pastors are  joining this effort. 

The cost is $250 a month. It provides a computer, a living stipend, education expenses for them and their families, medical care, logos, and ongoing expressions of love along the way. The commitment is for 3 years! And your help is invaluable to SOS.

Together, by God’s grace, we can be a part of a radical movement within God’s Church. Would you consider joining our team?

CONSTRUCTION UPDATE!

There is significant development at STC. For all of you who have sacrificed toward the STC expansion project, be encouraged that the library and lecture halls are going up fast and the 3rd year degree housing project is almost complete. These buildings are monumental for the future of STC. Here is a quick update in picture format. I will send a video tour before the end of the year. Please praise God with us.

PRAYER REQUESTS:

1. Pray for the perseverance of our 100 STC pastors and professors as they finish out the year.
2. Pray for the 120 students accepted into the certificate program that God would bring high-potential pastors. 
3. Pray that God will give the SOS leadership wisdom as we build a plan for seeing these pastors enlisted into churches across this country and beyond.
4. Pray that our STC staff intimately meets with God and that it will be evident within their life and teaching.
5. Pray that SOS can raise the resources to meet STC’s demanding financial needs.
6. Praise God with us all for all that God has already done!

For the King and His Kingdom, 

Shannon Hurley

Founder, Sufficiency of Scripture Ministries